Nine years, in fact, since CSU football had one of its Mountain West games on ESPN or ESPN2.

On Thursday, the Mountain West released its schedule of nationally televised football games for the 2014 season and it includes Colorado State’s Sept. 6 conference opener at Boise State on ESPN2. Kickoff will be 8:15 p.m. in Boise.

Also announced: Two CSU home games will be televised nationally: Oct. 18 vs. Utah State at 5 p.m. on CBS Sports Network and Nov. 8 vs. Hawaii on one of the ESPN family of networks, with the kickoff to be announced at a later date.

Also on Thursday, the MW announced that Colorado State’s road games Oct. 11 at Nevada (8:30 p.m.) and Nov. 1 at San Jose State (5 p.m.) will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

Previously announced for national telecasts: the Aug. 29 CSU vs. Colorado “Rocky Mountain Showdown” game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High will be televised by ESPN or Fox at a time to be determined, and the Nov. 28 regular-season finale, CSU at Air Force, will be on CBS Sports Network with a 1:30 kickoff.

That adds up to seven nationally televised games for Colorado State in 2014. It is a reflection of Colorado State, 8-6 a year ago with a win over Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl, becoming a more desirable team for football fans than in recent years.

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